How do I find funders for a mental health nonprofit in Pennsylvania?

Start with the funders already giving to mental health in Pennsylvania, currently Bucks County Drug & Alcohol, Respect Together, Council on Chemical Abuse Inc. Then look at who funds the mental health organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Pennsylvania from out of state.

How much grant money goes to mental health in Pennsylvania?

$139M reached 308 mental health organizations in Pennsylvania, from 728 funders. 72% came from funders also based in Pennsylvania.

How recent is this data?

It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

Funding · Pennsylvania · Mental health

Who funds mental health in Pennsylvania

Mental health funding in Pennsylvania is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though Public Health Managment Corporation leads, and the money reaches 308 groups.

$139M

granted

308

organizations

72%

from in-state

The short version

728 funders gave $139M to 308 mental health organizations in Pennsylvania across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
72% of that came from funders also based in Pennsylvania; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of mental health in Pennsylvania is Bucks County Drug & Alcohol, at $20M.
The mental health organization drawing the most is Public Health Managment Corporation, at $15M.

Largest funders of mental health in Pennsylvania

The funders giving the most to mental health organizations in Pennsylvania, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.

1Bucks County Drug & Alcohol$20M 2Respect Together$11M 3Council on Chemical Abuse Inc$9M 4Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$5M 5The William Penn Foundation$5M 6Bethany Childrens Home$3M 7Poise Foundation$3M 8The Lifebridge Foundation Inc$3M 9Possibility Labs$3M 10Independence Blue Cross Foundation$3M

Mental health organizations in Pennsylvania that draw the most

Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.

298 other mental health organizations$73M

Public Health Managment Corporation$15M Richard J Caron Foundation$11M Lenape Valley Foundation$7M Penn Foundation Inc$6M Women Organized Against Rape$5M Program to Aid Citizen Enterprise Inc$5M The Council of Southeast$4M

How to find mental health funders in Pennsylvania

1
Start with the funders already active in Pennsylvania
The funders giving the most to mental health in Pennsylvania are Bucks County Drug & Alcohol, Respect Together, Council on Chemical Abuse Inc. A funder already writing mental health checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the mental health organizations on this page that resemble yours in size or work, and look at who funds them. Shared funders are the strongest signal of fit.
3
Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
28% of mental health money in Pennsylvania comes from funders elsewhere, so national mental health funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Pennsylvania.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a mental health nonprofit in Pennsylvania?: Start with the funders already giving to mental health in Pennsylvania, currently Bucks County Drug & Alcohol, Respect Together, Council on Chemical Abuse Inc. Then look at who funds the mental health organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Pennsylvania from out of state.
Who is the largest mental health funder in Pennsylvania?: Bucks County Drug & Alcohol gives the most to mental health organizations in Pennsylvania, $20M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to mental health in Pennsylvania?: $139M reached 308 mental health organizations in Pennsylvania, from 728 funders. 72% came from funders also based in Pennsylvania.
How recent is this data?: It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

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The regranting layer

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The DAF merry-go-round

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Strange bedfellows

the named clusters of US funding

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Giving abroad

which US foundations fund each country

Cause is the recipient's NTEE classification in the IRS Business Master File; location is the recipient's state on its most recent filing. Grant figures are read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file XML for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, among recipients resolved by EIN. Source: IRS Form 990 downloads.